Barbara Boxer actually said...

"We do need that legislation."

"Americans, we are people who like to be able to control things. When every day we watched BP explode there in the ocean, we had no sense that we could do anything about it."

"The one thing that will stick with me forever is BP's permit application. When they were asked to describe the likelihood of a spill and the likelihood that it would cause damage, it was shocking. It ..."

"It is up to the Interior Department to be more rigorous in examining these permit applications."